Daphne: "Hi! Fifth chapter, finally! I am so happy to get it written. I am
trying to write up my other two stories at the same time, so bare with me!
It may take me a while to update, but I will try to get it done as soon as
possible! Thanks to all of you who have reviewed!"
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The World Beyond the Mist
by: Daphne Li
Chapter. 4
Black. That was all Sakura could see, all she could feel. Voices filtered dully through her mind, mixing together and becoming jumbled masses of nothing. She tried to call out for help, but no sound left her lips. She tried to reach for comfort, but none could be found.
"Sakura!"
That voice! She knew that voice!
"Sakura, please wake up!" It called again, louder this time, but still, so far away. Then other voices started to work themselves out of the nothingness.
"So we are where?!"
"The world of the Fairies."
"I read about it in a book! It is supposed to be really hard to find! We are lucky."
"Lucky?! Have you lost your mind? Our parents are going to miss us! They will have to whole national guard out looking for us, but where will we be? In a damn place where no one can find us!"
"Chiharu! Watch your mouth!"
"Did you know what swearing was originally started when a cave man accidentally dropped his club on his foot?"
"Really?"
"Lies, lies, lies!"
Sakura looked around anxiously, trying to place the voices. Suddenly, a light appeared underneath her, and she knew that everything would be all right. She jumped into the pool of light, and then opened her eyes.
"Sakura! You're awake!" Chiharu squealed, forgetting about the argument she was having with the strange boy. She ran over and hugged her friend tightly.
"I thought you would never wake up!"
"How long have I been asleep?" Sakura asked, looking around in confusion. She was in a warm, well furnished room, surrounded by her three friends and two other people that she didn't know.
"About two days." The strange girl answered, coming forward and sitting on the edge of the bed. She had long raven colored locks, and bright amethyst eyes. She was wearing a very strange lavender dress, and…she had wings! Translucent lavender wings!
"What are you?" Sakura asked, and then clapped a hand over her mouth. "Oh! I am sorry! I had no right…"
"No, no it is all right!" The girl laughed. "I am just as curious about you, as you are about me! And I am a fairy." She said softly. Sakura's friends were stunned when, instead of looking surprised, Sakura simply nodded and then smiled at the girl.
"So this is what a fairy looks like. I have always wondered." She giggled, making the strange boy stand up and put his finger in the air.
"Did you know that humans were originally…"
"Lies, lies, and more lies!" Chiharu exclaimed, hitting him up-side the head, and causing Rika and Naoko to laugh. Sakura looked at them uncertainly, but smiled anyway. the fairy girl rolled her eyes and grinned.
"I am Tomoyo, by the way. And he is Yamazaki." She said, looking pointedly at the boy Chiharu was now pounding to a pulp.
"And Sakura! You will never guess where we are!" Naoko said in an excited voice, jumping up on the bed.
"Um…Fairy World?" Sakura guessed, causing Naoko's face to drop.
"Darn! I wanted to tell you myself!" She whined. Rika elbowed her and then smiled.
"I heard you talking when I was still half asleep. Now that we know where we are…where in Fairy World, are we?" Sakura asked.
"You are presently in Daidouji kingdom, in the castle of Queen Daidouji. She has been waiting to see you. Come." Tomoyo got up and helped Sakura off the bed. Then she lead the group out of the room.
"This is the single most confusing thing that I have ever been through." Chiharu commented, as they walked through the brightly lit hallways. Yamazaki grinned at her.
"Join the club!" He chuckled, making the girls laugh.
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"Bring them in." The black-haired girl with pigtails instructed. Tomoyo had left them when she had gone to speak with the queen, and they had not seen her since. Meiling, the girl with pig-tails, had taken over where Tomoyo left off. As they entered the queen's chambers, Yamazaki took the time to explain a bit about their queen.
"She is our age, but her father died when she was small, and her mother disappeared when she was ten. She became queen too early in life, and that has left its mark. She always wears a veil over her face; they say it is because she is ugly, but I am not so sure. She is heartless but wise. She has no mercy for anyone, unless she feels they deserve it, so you had best be careful what you say to her…" He trailed off as they entered a large, well furnished room. Sitting on a large, overstuffed throne, in regal- looking robes, sat the queen. She was quite a tiny, fragile looking thing, and the veil she wore over her head was black.
"Welcome to my kingdom. I am Queen Daidouji." She said in a sharp, clipped voice. Everyone but Sakura winced at the words. Sakura, however, was more interested in the warm purple aura emanating from the woman; an aura that Sakura had felt not long before then!
"You are my guests, but for your protection, you will work as servants here." The queen announced.
"For our protection?!" Chiharu spat out, anger flaring from her eyes. The queen was not phased.
"Yes. If either of my enemies, the Li's, or the Hiiragizawa's were to find out that you are mortals, they would surly do far worse to you than I have!" She said in a sharp voice. All the girls shivered.
"Now, I need one lady-in-waiting, and the rest of you will work in the gardens and libraries." At this, all the girls looked at each other, not wanting to have to be the one to take the job as Lady-in-waiting.
"I'll do it." Sakura whispered, coming forward, and ignoring her friends horrified looks. The queen nodded, and then motioned the others out. Sakura waved goodbye to her friends, and then turned to the queen.
"Follow me." The queen commanded, leading Sakura out of the room and down a long hallway. The queen led her to a long room, furnished with fine furniture and colorful drapes. All along the walls hung pictures of royal- looking men and women. There were lots of pictures of young children as well.
"This is the picture room. All the kings and queens of Fairy World are pictured here." The queen said.
"Oh! Is your picture here…Tomoyo?" Sakura asked slyly. The queen gasped and turned to face her.
"How…did you…"
"Your aura. It was the same. Don't worry, I won't tell. I can understand why you do it." Sakura whispered, walking over to the frightened girl and folding back the veil. Tomoyo's pale face came into view, and she smiled weakly at Sakura.
"I just wanted to know what it was like…to be normal." Tomoyo explained, causing Sakura to giggle.
"Sometimes, I wish I knew!" She laughed, turning back to the portraits on the wall. One particular picture caught Sakura's attention and held it.
It was a portrait of two laughing young women, sitting on a swing, underneath a cherry tree. Both women had auburn hair, but one had long, wavy hair, while the other boasted short, straight locks. Also, the short haired woman had blue eyes, while the other had bright green ones, that seemed to laugh at Sakura. Going by the scenery around them, it was late spring. Sakura could not pull her eyes away from the green-eyed woman, though. It was as if she had met that woman before…somewhere…
"That is that is my mother and her sister, Queen Kinomoto Nadeishiko. She disappeared sixteen years ago with her daughter, and then her husband, King Kinomoto Fujitaka, disappeared with their son a few days later. They say she even took the famous Clow Cards with her, but that has never been proven." Tomoyo sighed. Sakura collapsed on a chair, with her head in her hands.
"This can't be true! It can't!" She mumbled, trying to sort out her thoughts. Tomoyo frowned.
"Why can it not be true?" She asked. Sakura looked up, her face pale.
"Because I am Kinomoto Sakura. Kinomoto Nadeishiko is my mother!"
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The World Beyond the Mist
by: Daphne Li
Chapter. 4
Black. That was all Sakura could see, all she could feel. Voices filtered dully through her mind, mixing together and becoming jumbled masses of nothing. She tried to call out for help, but no sound left her lips. She tried to reach for comfort, but none could be found.
"Sakura!"
That voice! She knew that voice!
"Sakura, please wake up!" It called again, louder this time, but still, so far away. Then other voices started to work themselves out of the nothingness.
"So we are where?!"
"The world of the Fairies."
"I read about it in a book! It is supposed to be really hard to find! We are lucky."
"Lucky?! Have you lost your mind? Our parents are going to miss us! They will have to whole national guard out looking for us, but where will we be? In a damn place where no one can find us!"
"Chiharu! Watch your mouth!"
"Did you know what swearing was originally started when a cave man accidentally dropped his club on his foot?"
"Really?"
"Lies, lies, lies!"
Sakura looked around anxiously, trying to place the voices. Suddenly, a light appeared underneath her, and she knew that everything would be all right. She jumped into the pool of light, and then opened her eyes.
"Sakura! You're awake!" Chiharu squealed, forgetting about the argument she was having with the strange boy. She ran over and hugged her friend tightly.
"I thought you would never wake up!"
"How long have I been asleep?" Sakura asked, looking around in confusion. She was in a warm, well furnished room, surrounded by her three friends and two other people that she didn't know.
"About two days." The strange girl answered, coming forward and sitting on the edge of the bed. She had long raven colored locks, and bright amethyst eyes. She was wearing a very strange lavender dress, and…she had wings! Translucent lavender wings!
"What are you?" Sakura asked, and then clapped a hand over her mouth. "Oh! I am sorry! I had no right…"
"No, no it is all right!" The girl laughed. "I am just as curious about you, as you are about me! And I am a fairy." She said softly. Sakura's friends were stunned when, instead of looking surprised, Sakura simply nodded and then smiled at the girl.
"So this is what a fairy looks like. I have always wondered." She giggled, making the strange boy stand up and put his finger in the air.
"Did you know that humans were originally…"
"Lies, lies, and more lies!" Chiharu exclaimed, hitting him up-side the head, and causing Rika and Naoko to laugh. Sakura looked at them uncertainly, but smiled anyway. the fairy girl rolled her eyes and grinned.
"I am Tomoyo, by the way. And he is Yamazaki." She said, looking pointedly at the boy Chiharu was now pounding to a pulp.
"And Sakura! You will never guess where we are!" Naoko said in an excited voice, jumping up on the bed.
"Um…Fairy World?" Sakura guessed, causing Naoko's face to drop.
"Darn! I wanted to tell you myself!" She whined. Rika elbowed her and then smiled.
"I heard you talking when I was still half asleep. Now that we know where we are…where in Fairy World, are we?" Sakura asked.
"You are presently in Daidouji kingdom, in the castle of Queen Daidouji. She has been waiting to see you. Come." Tomoyo got up and helped Sakura off the bed. Then she lead the group out of the room.
"This is the single most confusing thing that I have ever been through." Chiharu commented, as they walked through the brightly lit hallways. Yamazaki grinned at her.
"Join the club!" He chuckled, making the girls laugh.
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"Bring them in." The black-haired girl with pigtails instructed. Tomoyo had left them when she had gone to speak with the queen, and they had not seen her since. Meiling, the girl with pig-tails, had taken over where Tomoyo left off. As they entered the queen's chambers, Yamazaki took the time to explain a bit about their queen.
"She is our age, but her father died when she was small, and her mother disappeared when she was ten. She became queen too early in life, and that has left its mark. She always wears a veil over her face; they say it is because she is ugly, but I am not so sure. She is heartless but wise. She has no mercy for anyone, unless she feels they deserve it, so you had best be careful what you say to her…" He trailed off as they entered a large, well furnished room. Sitting on a large, overstuffed throne, in regal- looking robes, sat the queen. She was quite a tiny, fragile looking thing, and the veil she wore over her head was black.
"Welcome to my kingdom. I am Queen Daidouji." She said in a sharp, clipped voice. Everyone but Sakura winced at the words. Sakura, however, was more interested in the warm purple aura emanating from the woman; an aura that Sakura had felt not long before then!
"You are my guests, but for your protection, you will work as servants here." The queen announced.
"For our protection?!" Chiharu spat out, anger flaring from her eyes. The queen was not phased.
"Yes. If either of my enemies, the Li's, or the Hiiragizawa's were to find out that you are mortals, they would surly do far worse to you than I have!" She said in a sharp voice. All the girls shivered.
"Now, I need one lady-in-waiting, and the rest of you will work in the gardens and libraries." At this, all the girls looked at each other, not wanting to have to be the one to take the job as Lady-in-waiting.
"I'll do it." Sakura whispered, coming forward, and ignoring her friends horrified looks. The queen nodded, and then motioned the others out. Sakura waved goodbye to her friends, and then turned to the queen.
"Follow me." The queen commanded, leading Sakura out of the room and down a long hallway. The queen led her to a long room, furnished with fine furniture and colorful drapes. All along the walls hung pictures of royal- looking men and women. There were lots of pictures of young children as well.
"This is the picture room. All the kings and queens of Fairy World are pictured here." The queen said.
"Oh! Is your picture here…Tomoyo?" Sakura asked slyly. The queen gasped and turned to face her.
"How…did you…"
"Your aura. It was the same. Don't worry, I won't tell. I can understand why you do it." Sakura whispered, walking over to the frightened girl and folding back the veil. Tomoyo's pale face came into view, and she smiled weakly at Sakura.
"I just wanted to know what it was like…to be normal." Tomoyo explained, causing Sakura to giggle.
"Sometimes, I wish I knew!" She laughed, turning back to the portraits on the wall. One particular picture caught Sakura's attention and held it.
It was a portrait of two laughing young women, sitting on a swing, underneath a cherry tree. Both women had auburn hair, but one had long, wavy hair, while the other boasted short, straight locks. Also, the short haired woman had blue eyes, while the other had bright green ones, that seemed to laugh at Sakura. Going by the scenery around them, it was late spring. Sakura could not pull her eyes away from the green-eyed woman, though. It was as if she had met that woman before…somewhere…
"That is that is my mother and her sister, Queen Kinomoto Nadeishiko. She disappeared sixteen years ago with her daughter, and then her husband, King Kinomoto Fujitaka, disappeared with their son a few days later. They say she even took the famous Clow Cards with her, but that has never been proven." Tomoyo sighed. Sakura collapsed on a chair, with her head in her hands.
"This can't be true! It can't!" She mumbled, trying to sort out her thoughts. Tomoyo frowned.
"Why can it not be true?" She asked. Sakura looked up, her face pale.
"Because I am Kinomoto Sakura. Kinomoto Nadeishiko is my mother!"